Segue through navigationcontroller - ios

Question

So I have a button in [2] and it pushes to [3] through the Navigation Controller so I can go back to [2] with the "Back" button in the toolbar. This all works fine.
In [4] I have a button too and I want it to go to [3]. But it should also go through the navigation controller so that when I press "Back" I can return to [2] again.
So actually I want the button on [4] to go like [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] so that I can return to [2] from [3]
#IBAction func showKaart(sender: AnyObject) {
performSegueWithIdentifier("menuToKaart", sender: sender)
}

Answer 1

If I understand your question, I believe try it.
Mind your root view controller is vc[2], ok?
You push from vc[2] > vc[3], next press back and return to vc[2], that's ok!
You push from vc[4] > vc[3], next press back and return to vc[4], but you need back to vc[2]?
For this logic you can create your custom behavior to vc[3]
For your vc[3] I do this to control behavior.
class ViewController3:UIViewController{
var backToRoot:Bool = false;
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad();
self.hideAndAddNewBackButton();
}
private func hideAndAddNewBackButton(){
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
let newBackButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "back:")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = newBackButton;
}
func back(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
if backToRoot{
self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true);
}else{
self.navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
}
}
func needBackToRoot(){
backToRoot = true;
}
}
Now in vc[4] I think you can modify the back button behavior of your vc[3]
I mind two way to do with your vc[4]
First using performSegue.
class ViewController4PerfomSegue:UIViewController{
#IBAction func pressButtonToPushViewController3(sender:AnyObject?){
self.performSegueWithIdentifier("showViewController3", sender: nil);
}
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
if let viewController3 = segue.destinationViewController as? ViewController3{
viewController3.needBackToRoot();
}
}
}
Second with push manual in your navigation view controller
class ViewController4Push:UIViewController{
#IBAction func pressButtonToPushViewController3(sender:AnyObject?){
let viewController3 = ViewController3(nibName: "ViewController3", bundle: nil);
viewController3.needBackToRoot();
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(viewController3, animated: true);
}
}
Edit: new way to instantiate from storyboard
class ViewController4Push:UIViewController{
#IBAction func pressButtonToPushViewController3(sender:AnyObject?){
if let viewController3 = storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("ViewController3") as? ViewController3{
viewController3.needBackToRoot();
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(viewController3, animated: true);
}
}
}
Edit: removing when new view was presented
class ViewController4Push:UIViewController, UINavigationControllerDelegate{
#IBAction func pressButtonToPushViewController3(sender:AnyObject?){
if let viewController3 = storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("ViewController3") as? ViewController3{
viewController3.needBackToRoot();
self.navigationController?.delegate = self;
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(viewController3, animated: true);
}
}
func navigationController(navigationController: UINavigationController, didShowViewController viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
self.navigationController?.delegate = nil;
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion: nil);
//or self.removeFromParentViewController();
}
}
I hope help you, if I understand the problem
Edit: after talk in chat with Sinan we resolve it with simple way, just force back present the root element of application
class ViewCustomController:UIViewController{
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad();
self.hideAndAddNewBackButton();
}
private func hideAndAddNewBackButton(){
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
let newBackButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "back:")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = newBackButton;
}
func back(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
if let viewControllerRoot = storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("ViewControllerRoot") as? ViewControllerRoot{
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(viewController2, animated: true);
}
}
}

Answer 2

[4] needs to be embedded in a navigation controller. After that, change you #IBAction to use pushViewController:Animated: on the navigationController instead of performSegueWithIdentifier